Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 10, 2006 04:07 AM
MP3tunes CEO Michael Robertson here.
Thanks for the article David.
I wanted to clarify a few things about the Oboe music locker service:
1) We work with all formats such as MP3, wma, aac and yes ogg too. (By the way I gave money to help develop ogg in the early days.)
2) The Oboe Sync software will sync all your playlists and music - you don't need any other software program. When you run this software it locates the music on your computer and playlists from iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc and syncs it all to your online locker. After running Oboe Sync all your music and even playlists (like those you might have created in iTunes) will be accessible via the web interface.
The Oboe for iTunes is a plugin which accomplishes all the above PLUS lets you stream your music all directly from within iTunes. So if someone doesn't want to run an external program they can use this. This is tricky coding because Apple has no published plugin API for iTunes.
3) Oboe really shines if you have multiple computers because with a click of a button you can Oboe sync and your music is available across all devices.
Our goal with Oboe is to make sure your music is available everywhere on any device. Today we've released PC clients, but soon we'll publish our APIs which will open the door so you will always have your music on any device (think phone, pda, wifi mp3 player, car, net alarm clock, etc). Rather than being trapped in an Apple DRM laden i world, you'll be able to have your music on ANY devices you choose - even cross vendor.
There's a free account available which is fun to play with. You can't sync, but you can sideload. What's sideload you ask? It's a way to stock your locker with files from online music sites, record labels, artist sites, etc with just a click of a mouse.
Couple links of interest: <a href="http://mp3tunes.com/screenshots/" title="mp3tunes.com">http://mp3tunes.com/screenshots/</a mp3tunes.com> Screenshots here. <a href="http://lockerenvy.com/" title="lockerenvy.com">http://lockerenvy.com/</a lockerenvy.com> Ranking of biggest lockers based on number of files and sideload totals.
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Clarification about Oboe lockers
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 10, 2006 04:07 AMThanks for the article David.
I wanted to clarify a few things about the Oboe music locker service:
1) We work with all formats such as MP3, wma, aac and yes ogg too. (By the way I gave money to help develop ogg in the early days.)
2) The Oboe Sync software will sync all your playlists and music - you don't need any other software program. When you run this software it locates the music on your computer and playlists from iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc and syncs it all to your online locker. After running Oboe Sync all your music and even playlists (like those you might have created in iTunes) will be accessible via the web interface.
The Oboe for iTunes is a plugin which accomplishes all the above PLUS lets you stream your music all directly from within iTunes. So if someone doesn't want to run an external program they can use this. This is tricky coding because Apple has no published plugin API for iTunes.
3) Oboe really shines if you have multiple computers because with a click of a button you can Oboe sync and your music is available across all devices.
Our goal with Oboe is to make sure your music is available everywhere on any device. Today we've released PC clients, but soon we'll publish our APIs which will open the door so you will always have your music on any device (think phone, pda, wifi mp3 player, car, net alarm clock, etc). Rather than being trapped in an Apple DRM laden i world, you'll be able to have your music on ANY devices you choose - even cross vendor.
There's a free account available which is fun to play with. You can't sync, but you can sideload. What's sideload you ask? It's a way to stock your locker with files from online music sites, record labels, artist sites, etc with just a click of a mouse.
Couple links of interest:
<a href="http://mp3tunes.com/screenshots/" title="mp3tunes.com">http://mp3tunes.com/screenshots/</a mp3tunes.com> Screenshots here.
<a href="http://lockerenvy.com/" title="lockerenvy.com">http://lockerenvy.com/</a lockerenvy.com> Ranking of biggest lockers based on number of files and sideload totals.
-- MR
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